Basic differences between XP Pro and XP Media?

[Ken K]

I am going to purchase a laptop and have the choice between XP Media
edition and Pro.

What are the basic differences?

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Dave Patrick]

Here you go.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx

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|I am going to purchase a laptop and have the choice between XP Media
| edition and Pro.
|
| What are the basic differences?
|
| Thanks
| Ken K

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am going to purchase a laptop and have the choice between XP Media
edition and Pro.

What are the basic differences?

Thanks
Ken K

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp


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[Ken K]

Thanks to you both for your responses.

When you talk about not being able to join a domain, I assume you are
not talking about my being able to use the laptop with DHCP on my home
lAN? Is that correct? Would it relate mainly to not being able to join
a corporate domain?

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Ken K]

Thanks to you both for your responses.

When you talk about not being able to join a domain, I assume you are
not talking about my being able to use the laptop with DHCP on my home
lAN? Is that correct? Would it relate mainly to not being able to join
a corporate domain?

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Ken]

Thanks to you both for your responses.

When you talk about not being able to join a domain, I assume you are
not talking about my being able to use the laptop with DHCP on my home
lAN? Is that correct? Would it relate mainly to not being able to join
a corporate domain?

Thanks
Ken K

 

[Alpha]

I do not know why people keep giving this link when it is nearly impossible
to find a comparative spreadsheet or analysis.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Thanks to you both for your responses.

When you talk about not being able to join a domain, I assume you are
not talking about my being able to use the laptop with DHCP on my home
lAN? Is that correct? Would it relate mainly to not being able to join
a corporate domain?

You're right, you'll still be able to use this machine on your home
LAN. A "domain" is a Microsoft LAN entity that controls (enforces
policies, etc) a bunch of machines on a corporate LAN.

 

[Bert Kinney]

You may find this helpful also Ken.

Windows Media Center Home
http://www.salloway.org.uk/mediacenter/main.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks to you both for your responses.

You're welcome.

When you talk about not being able to join a domain, I assume you are
not talking about my being able to use the laptop with DHCP on my home
lAN? Is that correct?

That's correct. You'll have no problem joining WinXP MCE to a
peer-to-peer workgroup.

Would it relate mainly to not being able to join
a corporate domain?

Exactly.

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